Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Council tax protester freed

According to this article, from today's Guardian, Sylvia Hardy, the pensioner who was jailed just a few days ago for not paying her council tax has now been freed, it seems that someone has paid the amount due:

Albert Venison, chairman of the Devon Pensioners' Action Forum, which has been supporting Miss Hardy, told BBC News 24 that he had been told the fine was paid on her behalf.
But she had been "very emphatic" to Exeter City Council in the past that in no circumstances were they to accept such payments on her behalf, he said.